Hack Attempts Against Bethesda's Websites

(wolfnemesis75) #41

Maybe they are a bunch of ****s. Messing with the little people. They are the only ones who get hurt in the end.

(Kalbuth) #42

That teaches us too what security means.
It’s not only in the hand of the provider

(Jamieson) #43

Apparently they helped the NHS in the UK fix some holes and took down some Terrorist sites as well. If you read their twitter they hacked a guys email and found he was cheating on his partner, they sent the emails to her. So it seems they attack who ever they want when ever they want.

Seems strange to attack Beth and Brink, can’t see the motivation really, there are a lot bigger and more derserving targets to be honest.

(Codine) #44

Everything is getting hacked. The people have spoken, we’re tired of bad games.

(shagileo) #45

I don’t think it’s up to some 14 year old kids who learned how to hack in their overkill free time, to tell me what security is on internet or “teach me a lesson”.

If I really had to use a different password for all the logins I have floating around on the internet, I had to write it down somewhere, and I’m sure that won’t be safe either

Ugh

(McAfee) #46

Hopefully the engineers can undo the hack in 3/4 of the time it took them too hack it, and then they have to start from scratch.

(SockDog) #47

It’s quite simple to have unique passwords for forums without needing to write them down.

FPaUSe124

Forum Passwords Are Unique = 1st letter of each word = FPaU
Splashdamage = 1st and last letter of domain = Se
Splashdamage = Letters in URL = 12
Splashdamage = number of vowels = 4

Now all you have to remember is the first four letters, capitalisation and next three rules on any website you pick. Unless someone then discovers your rules or sees multiple passwords from you it is unlikely they’ll gain anything short of access to only the hacked website.

And yes, it’s not their job to teach us but we should make some effort to learn rather than shrug our shoulders and look around us like it is and always will be everyone else’s fault.

(Donnovan) #48

They are not trying to help anyone.

This video shows they helping you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XAe0PDnics See how is funny, for then, to help you!

(Qbix) #49

I just hope Splash Damage will release their announced DLC and weapon update soon, as well as the stats site for PC users. Don’t let some random disabled people stop you, the community is cravin’ for updates. :slight_smile:

(TONSCHUH) #50

… I prefer hackers like them and I tell you why …

… a few month ago I checked one of our bank accounts and was wondering that someone tried to charge us 100 USD, but as it was not covered, the bank took it back … after a little bit of research I found out that someone tried to take the money out via e-cheque over paypal … the offender was not even verified and the paypal account was joined to our bank account and had a sep. credit card stored in it, which was NOT joined to our bank account and we was never using our stored bank account for payments …

… so tried to change our account / bank details, but I couldn’t, because the e-cheque was still pending … so we called paypal, but the only help we got, was:"… as you have the e-mail address of the person who tries to charge you, contact the person and tell the person, that you don’t agree with it and that the person should cancel the e-cheque, as this person is the only one who can cancel it …" … wtf … as the e-cheque was pending, we couldn’t shut down the whole paypal account either … wtf … so the only option we had was to shut down our whole bank account to prevent further access … ****ing great …

… btw. the offender was not only un-verified he had also put in as reason for the charge: “… because you have funds …” … wtf …

… as we visited our bank to get the cards for our new bank account, we got to hear from the bank girl, that plenty other customers had the same problem …

… since this happened we got no excuse from paypal neither a statement what happened …

… maybe I missed something, but I heard nothing in the news and couldn’t find a statement on the web too …

… do you understand what I mean ? … this “good” hackers find the holes and make it public, so the company’s have to do something, because they get bad publicity … if they have this “silent” hackers, we hear nothing from it, only if someone leaks the information … who knows if they straight fix the holes too …

… don’t get me wrong, I don’t like hackers, but as they are out there, I prefer groups like this …

:stroggtapir:

(Nexusdog) #51

Not entirely sure that’s true - 2 Million Users Register For Call Of Duty Elite Beta

(kilL_888) #52

[QUOTE=SockDog;338475]It’s quite simple to have unique passwords for forums without needing to write them down.

FPaUSe124

Forum Passwords Are Unique = 1st letter of each word = FPaU
Splashdamage = 1st and last letter of domain = Se
Splashdamage = Letters in URL = 12
Splashdamage = number of vowels = 4

Now all you have to remember is the first four letters, capitalisation and next three rules on any website you pick. Unless someone then discovers your rules or sees multiple passwords from you it is unlikely they’ll gain anything short of access to only the hacked website.

And yes, it’s not their job to teach us but we should make some effort to learn rather than shrug our shoulders and look around us like it is and always will be everyone else’s fault.[/QUOTE]

or you can actually write your passwords on a piece of paper and put it on your desk. :smiley:

the chances that someone will break into your house, steal your passwords and hacks your accounts is very little. :smiley:

(Indloon) #53

The recreational hacking group, Lulzsec, has stricken again, this time at the heart of Bethesda Softworks and ZeniMax Media, adding to their collection of media corporation trophies which include Sony, Nintendo, and PBS.

The group claims to have accessed and “pillaged” all of Bethesda’s networks on June 13 through vulnerabilities in Brink, its latest video game, and stolen the passwords for Bethesda’s source codes and databases. LulzSec proceeded to leak the information through a download link posted on PasteBin, a text board.

LulzSec says it has uploaded everything that they managed to obtain “excluding one thing – 200,000+ Brink users.” They attribute this reprieve to the fact that “we actually like this company and would like for them to speed up the production of Skyrim, so we’ll give them one less thing to worry about.”

Skyrim is another game, part of the popular “Elder Scrolls” franchise, in production by Bethesda.
LulzSec also managed to hack the government website, senate.gov, and were able to retrieve tidbits of information from those servers.

The group claimed that they “don’t like the US government very much,” and that the website was not secure. They said the release of data obtained from the site, also included as an additional package in the Bethesda leak, was “just-for-kicks”.

LulzSec had claimed responsibility for the attacks on FBI-affiliated websites InfraGard and Unveillance last week. LulzSec also continues to target Sony on a constant basis, exploiting common weaknesses and vulnerabilities LulzSec claims are obvious and easy to fix.

Lulz Security,at least they don’t leak BRINK users…

(Indloon) #54

And they did it:
http://lulzsecurity.com/releases/bethesda_PRETENTIOUS%20PRESS%20STATEMENT.txt
http://lulzsecurity.com/releases/senate.gov.txt
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6467131/Bethesda_internal_data

(Crytiqal) #55

Lulzsec :frowning:

(Om3ga) #56

****ing LuzSec! Group of n0l1f3s. :stroggbanana:

(Indloon) #57

ANd:

Yesterday the hacker group LulzSec were hinting that a new hack had been successful involving game publisher Bethesda and specifically the game Brink which has active multiplayer servers.

Today, LulzSec made the hack official by releasing a file on The Pirate Bay containing the source code and database passwords for the official Brink website. However, that’s not the most important part of this hack.

LulzSec is also claiming to have taken 200,000 Brink user account details, but will not be releasing them publicly. Their reason for deciding to do that is because, “we actually like this company.” They also look forward to playing Skyrim so don’t want to slow down development with a user data leak headache.

Hopefully Bethesda will take note of the hack and leak, and look into how the breach occurred. Brink players can relax a little knowing their logins won’t become public, but they should definitely change their password as soon as possible seeing as LulzSec do now claim to have their original login details.

As an added bonus, LulzSec also decided to post news of a Senate.gov hack taking the form of a text file link at the end of the Brink/Bethesda release. It is described as a small release to remind everyone that US government sites aren’t very secure.

Matthew’s Opinion

I’m sure Brink players will appreciate the account data not being leaked, but they should also be looking toward Bethesda for an explanation as to why this was allowed to happen. LulzSec have a habit of finding very unsecure sites and making an example of them. Bethesda seems to be one of them and needs to respond at the very least by doing a thorough network review internally.


Well,may I ask why it really happened?Bethesda should really think to security…

(TailSwallower) #58

I just logged into the Brink stats page and it looks like everything has been reset.

I’m guessing this is what LulzSec meant when they said “say your prayers Brink users”…

The only other option is that it’s something Bethesda has done to stop any further damage, but if that were the case it would seem more likely that they would just temporarily shut down the site.

ETA: Actually, I just noticed that it says “tailswallower’s profile is not available at this time.” which makes it sound like deliberate downtime.

shrugs Guess we’ll just have to wait for some official word from SD or Beth.

(zenstar) #59

The ironic thing is that they want Beth to continue making great games but now Beth have to spend time and money into checking out the security breach and possible implementing changes. This takes some funds away from game development. Sure it may not be much but “‘Every little bit counts’ said the old woman as she pee’ed into the ocean”.

(badman) #60

[quote=TailSwallower;338560]I just logged into the Brink stats page and it looks like everything has been reset.

I’m guessing this is what LulzSec meant when they said “say your prayers Brink users”…

The only other option is that it’s something Bethesda has done to stop any further damage, but if that were the case it would seem more likely that they would just temporarily shut down the site.

ETA: Actually, I just noticed that it says “tailswallower’s profile is not available at this time.” which makes it sound like deliberate downtime.

shrugs Guess we’ll just have to wait for some official word from SD or Beth.[/quote]
This is being looked into. Will let you know once I have more info.